Quebec Derailment, Blaze Come as Railroads Carry More Crude Across North America

The Quebec train derailment comes at a time when railroads have become a critical piece of North America's growing energy infrastructure—and drawn scrutiny following a series of recent, much smaller accidents involving crude-carrying trains.

Early Saturday, a crude-carrying train derailed in the center of a small Quebec town, triggering a massive explosion that demolished dozens of buildings and forced a major evacuation and search...